doi:10.5603/FM.2013.0028engMonteagudo, L.V.Obón, J.A.Whyte, A.Tejedor, M.T.Whyte, J.Cisneros, A.Anatomical and genetic study of an ancient animal tooth showing brachyodont and hypsodont mixed taxonomical characteristicsART-2013-83057A non-human dental piece was found in a Roman Empire tomb dated the 3rd century A.C. in Zaragoza (Spain). The morphology of this piece showed mixed brachyodont (carnivores) and hypsodont (herbivores) characteristics. As a result, the taxonomical assignation of the piece was impossible. Therefore, a protocolbased on the DNA sequence of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 mitochondrial region (COI) was applied. For this purpose, a pair of primers able to amplify thisregion in a large variety of animals was designed. The results point to a species of the Genus Bos (Family Bovidae). This assignation was later confirmed by these quencing of a short fragment of the mitochondrial D-loop region. A complete morphological description of the tooth is presented together with the DNA sequence study and comparison protocol.2013http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/15007110.5603/FM.2013.0028http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/150071oai:zaguan.unizar.es:150071Folia Morphologica 72, 2 (2013), 167-170All rights reservedhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess